The Chief of Army is the most senior appointment in the Australian Army, responsible to the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) and the Secretary of Defence. The rank associated with the position is Lieutenant General (3-star). The first Commander of the Australian Army, was instead titled General Officer Commanding, the Forces of Australia, in line with the usual British practice of the time.
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Appointees
The following table lists all those who have held the post of Chief of Army or its preceding positions. Ranks and honours are as at the completion of their stint in said position.
| Name | Term began | Term ended | |
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| General Officer Commanding Australian Military Forces | |||
| Major General Sir Edward Hutton KCB, KCMG | 29 January 1902 | 10 November 1904 | |
| Major General Harry Finn, CB, DCM | 29 January 1902 | 10 November 1904 | 12 January 1905 |
| Chief of the General Staff | |||
| Colonel William Throsby Bridges CB | 1 January 1909 | 25 May 1909 | |
| Major General Sir John Charles Hoad KCMG | 26 May 1909 | 30 May 1911 | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Francis Adrian Wilson | 1 June 1911 | 10 May 1912 | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Maria Gordon CB | 11 May 1912 | 31 July 1914 | |
| Major General James Gordon Legge CMG | 1 August 1914 | 23 May 1915 | |
| Colonel Godfrey Irving | 24 May 1915 | 31 December 1915 | |
| Colonel Hubert John Foster | 1 January 1916 | 30 September 1917 | |
| Major General James Gordon Legge CB, CMG | 1 October 1917 | 31 May 1920 | |
| Lieutenant General Sir Brudenell White KCMG, CB, DSO | 1 June 1920 | 10 June 1923 | |
| General Sir Henry George Chauvel GCMG, KCB | 11 June 1923 | 15 April 1930 | |
| Major General Walter Adams Coxen CB, CMG, DSO | 16 April 1930 | 30 September 1931 | |
| Major General Sir Julius Henry Bruche KCB, CMG | 1 October 1931 | 20 April 1935 | |
| Lieutenant General John Lavarack CB, CMG, DSO | 21 April 1935 | 12 October 1939 | |
| Lieutenant General Ernest Squires CB, DSO, MC | 13 October 1939 | 26 January 1940 | |
| Major General John Northcott CB | 27 January 1940 | 17 March 1940 | |
| General Sir Brudenell White KCB, KCMG, KCVO, DSO | 18 March 1940 | 13 August 1940 | |
| Lieutenant General Vernon Sturdee CBE, DSO | 14 August 1940 | 9 September 1942 | |
| Lieutenant General John Northcott CB | 10 September 1942 | 30 November 1945 | |
| Lieutenant General Sir Vernon Sturdee KBE, CB, DSO | 1 December 1945 | 16 April 1950 | |
| Lieutenant General Sir Sydney Rowell KBE, CB | 17 April 1950 | 15 December 1954 | |
| Lieutenant General Sir Henry Wells KBE, CB, DSO | 16 December 1954 | 22 March 1958 | |
| Lieutenant General Sir Ragnar Garrett KBE, CB | 23 March 1958 | 30 June 1960 | |
| Lieutenant General Sir Reginald Pollard KBE, CB, DSO | 1 July 1960 | 20 January 1963 | |
| Lieutenant General Sir John Wilton KBE, CB, DSO | 21 January 1963 | 18 May 1966 | |
| Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Joseph Daly KBE, CB, DSO | 19 May 1966 | 18 May 1971 | |
| Lieutenant General Sir Mervyn Brogan KBE, CB | 19 May 1971 | 19 November 1973 | |
| Lieutenant General Francis Hassett AC, CB, CBE, DSO, LVO | 20 November 1973 | 23 November 1975 | |
| Lieutenant General Arthur MacDonald CB, OBE | 24 November 1975 | 20 April 1977 | |
| Lieutenant General Sir Donald Dunstan KBE, CB | 21 April 1977 | 14 February 1982 | |
| Lieutenant General Sir Phillip Bennett KBE, AO, DSO | 15 February 1982 | 12 February 1984 | |
| Lieutenant General Peter Gration AO, OBE | 13 February 1984 | 12 April 1987 | |
| Lieutenant General Lawrence O'Donnell AC | 13 April 1987 | 15 April 1990 | |
| Lieutenant General John Coates AC, MBE | 13 April 1990 | 30 April 1992 | |
| Lieutenant General John Grey AC | 1 May 1992 | 7 July 1995 | |
| Lieutenant General John Sanderson AC | 8 July 1995 | 18 February 1997 | |
| Chief of Army | |||
| Lieutenant General John Sanderson AC | 19 February 1997 | 23 June 1998 | |
| Lieutenant General Frank Hickling AO, CSC | 24 June 1998 | 15 July 2000 | |
| Lieutenant General Peter Cosgrove AC, MC | July 2000 | 27 June 2002 | |
| Lieutenant General Peter Leahy AC | 28 June 2002 | 3 July 2008 | |
| Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie AO, DSC, CSM | 4 July 2008 | 3 July 2011 | |
Images - Chief of Army
 Ken Gillespie |
 Peter Leahy |
 Peter Cosgrove |
 The official limousine of the Chief of Army at the 2008 National Anzac Day service, Australian War Memorial, Canberra. |
Images - Chief of the General Staff
 Phillip Bennett |
 "Frank" Hassett |
 "Reg" Pollard |
 Henry Wells |
 "Syd" Rowell |
 Vernon Sturdee |
 John Northcott |
.jpg) "Brudenell" White |
 John Lavarack |
 Julius Henry Bruche |
 "Boss Gunner" Coxen |
 "Harry" Chauvel |
 James Legge |
 Joseph Gordon |
 William Bridges |
See also
References
Beaumont, Joan, Australian Defence: Sources and Statistics, ISBN 0 19 554118 9: pp. 75–76
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